Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Spingel, about a dozen members of his staff who worked on yesterday’s brunch were Caribbean, and he did consult his staff in preparing the meal. In the past, their knowledge of native cuisines helped in preparation of plantains, with which other staff cooks weren't as familiar...
According to Spingel, about a dozen members of his staff who worked on yesterday's brunch were Caribbean, and he did consult his staff in preparing the meal. In the past, their knowledge of native cuisines helped in preparation of plantains, with which other staff cooks weren't as familiar...
...Pearl the ever vaunted second chance to live out her youthful desires. But it comes with a price. As she seizes her second chance at frivolity, she destroys the trust on which her marriage was built, and in the process fractures the family that she holds so dear. Sound familiar? It's a plot that explores some very common themes of human emotion: love, the fleetiness of youth and regret over opportunities past. It's a story that appeals to our humanity, and that's what makes it so real...
...Return of Little Big Man is the continuation of the thoroughly entertaining story of Jack Crabb, also known as Little Big Man, an orphan raised by the Cheyenne; this novel picks up with Jack telling of his experiences after he survived the Battle of Little Big Horn. Those familiar with either the Dustin Hoffman film or the previous novel of Little Big Man might recall that Jack died at the age of 112, cutting short his retrospective narrative; however, Jack explains in the introduction to this book that he staged his death as a wily escape from a bad publishing...
...wandered off of Elm onto Willow, and found myself in familiar stomping grounds--I used to live here. Walking down Willow brought me to a magical world of residential living, far from the ridiculous parodies I had seen in Harvard Square earlier that morning. At the intersection with Highland Avenue and Willow, in a little corner grocery so quintessentially itself that the owner could well have disposed of the formality of a name, I bought a Coke and a donut. As usual, the baked goods display held the promise of what was to come: good times. I was down...